New Delhi: Within a week of a 23-year-old woman being gang raped by six men in a moving bus in the capital, a 40-year-old woman has alleged that she was raped in her house by three men at knife-point on Wednesday, police said.

Two of the accused have been arrested."The incident was reported from east Delhi's Welcome area. The woman, who lives with her family, alleged that three of her neighbours raped her when she was alone at home on Wednesday evening," said a police officer on Friday.

A case was lodged after her medical examination at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital confirmed rape. Two of the accused, Gaffar and Alam, were arrested from their house while the third accused is on the run, police said. The accused used to visit her house regularly.